Elizabeth's Story

About

Elizabeth is a cultural anthropologist and an award-winning filmmaker who travels to the world’s most remote regions to protect indigenous knowledge. She is an advocate for social, environmental, and cultural justice.
Her first-hand accounts from some of the world’s most vulnerable regions are helping reshape global perspectives on leadership and conservation.
Her first-hand accounts from some of the world’s most vulnerable regions are helping reshape global perspectives on leadership and conservation.
Elizabeth is the recipient of the United Nations Visionary Award and the prestigious CINE Eagle Award.
She has advised UN Ambassadors on the crisis of environmental refugees.
She has also served on the boards of global organizations, including the Tibet Fund for His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, and sits on the Global Council for World Pulse.
She has also served on the boards of global organizations, including the Tibet Fund for His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, and sits on the Global Council for World Pulse.
Elizabeth was mentored by renowned Grandmaster Navigator Pius “Mau” Piailug who was considered one of the greatest Wayfinders of the 21st century.
In 1999, she earned a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology with a specialization in ethnonavigation.
She has established scholarships for women and children in the Pacific, Asia, and SE Asia.
She has established scholarships for women and children in the Pacific, Asia, and SE Asia.

To every elder, teacher, and mentor…Wayfinders all,

Nui ko’u mahalo, my immense gratitude.